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14 MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Oregon, Sunday, Juna 1, 1958 Diary (6) of a Bird Watcher Saturday. May 24 O R. B. reported seeing the first nighthawk. This is an ear ly record, equal to the earliest that Gabrielson & Jewett know of.Jregard the nighthawk as the latest spring migrant we haverThe main body of them don't usually arrive until June. Last year I saw the first one May 30, the year before June 2nd. Q- Sunday, May 25 We don't have as many birds on the home place at this season as we do in the winter. I only got 17 species on my home list this week. But the trees and flowers on the place are realy great. This afternoon Qiy wife and young son went around counting the differenpkinds of flowers we have blooming and came up with 7 This includes the different varieties of iris and roses andUlifferent colors of batchelor buttons. ' Monday. May 26 J. H. being ill and my wife busy I went on a morning birding trip by myself. I was anxious to go up the Dead In dian grade and see what birds were up there on the road to Lake of the Woods. I went over the summit a short distance and then hiked to a certain place where there is some par tially cut over land which slopes down to a little valley where there are aspens and willows. On the slope is a patch of wild larkspur. Near it I found the calliope hummingbird In exactly the same spot where we found it last year, perch ing on a dead branch in the top of a small tree. , Instead of feeding at the larkspur blossoms it kept dart ing out after insects. I circled around so that the light was right and its violet pink neckpiece gleamed in the sun. This is supposed to be the smallest bird found in North America and it is certainly an attractive one. This is the only place where I havDeen it in our area although I am sure that dili gent looking would discover quite a few more. I also found a house wren which went to a nest hole in the top of a tall stump. I seldom see house wrens in the towns here in the west. They seem to favor the cut over land in the hills. In the afternoon I was calling out near Hoover lake, so of course I stopped there. The terns were there, small black terns and medium sized light colored ones with forked tails, probably Forster's although the markings looked more like common terns to me. It just happens that the "common" terns are not nearly so common as the Forster's, so I would have to get a better look to be sure of this identification. I also saw gulls which, as usual, I couldn't get near enough to identify. ' ' O O Thursday, May 29 . A year or more ago a neighbor gave me a red-hot poker plant because she said hummingbirds like it. Tpfcay a hum mingbird found it, the first I have seen on the; home place this year. It was a female rufous, the common variety. , Friday. May 30 This was one of the great birding days of my life. About a dozen of us, working in four different parties, covered var ious sections cf the county, both mountain and valley, and counted STO species (more if the party finishing onthe upper Rogue got any laie in the day). Our party alone counted 79 species. R. B. was our recorder, 3iile I did the driving. He already had recorded 7 species when I picked him up at 4 a.m. This was by hearing it was still too dark to see clear ly. Yet when I wanted to take a walk in the woods in the rain in the evening dusk to listen for hermit thrushes he was still rpariv to en with me. Prpttv snnr? fnr a A4 vpar nlr? hnv An. other boy, T. T., who had just been maderan Eagle Scout the night before was one of the most persistent observers in an other party. . As always on a long day of observing, some birds stand out as of special interest because ajpt'heir beauty or rarity. We had a wonderful view of a big pileated woodpecker near the Rogue river at the end of Upton rd., the light shining just right on its big, red crest. We got unusually close to a male blue winged teal and a male cinnamon teal with a fe male which could have belonged to either one, because thP females are almost exactly the same. Both species are un common this side of the mountains. Late in the day, as it began to rain in the higher country, we saw the calliope humming bird on "exactly the same tree as before. We saw and heard the beautiful songs of Swain son's (olive backed) thrushes. We didn't succeed in hearing a hermit thrush, but did see one. As we came back from that rainy walk and darkness was really falling a big horned owl flew out of the woods apparently being chased by a couple of robins. This capped the day. T.M. children!' learn to swim CLASSES Starting JUNE 9 at the Y.MiGA. ANY CHILD OVER SIX YEARS MAY REGISTER FOR SWIM INSTRUCTION Classes Limited to 20 Children o COMPETENT ADULT INSTRUCTORS o INDOOR HEATED POOL Children 8-yrs. and older have complete year-round program of swimming and diving instruction, camp ing, adventure trips and gym classes. Dues: $8.00 per year grade school students; $12.00 per year high school students. Call SP 2-6295 for additional information yXr 'pi J! Jk .fw$ " ' ' ' ALAN JEWETT New Lions President Jewett Elected Lions President Alan Jewett, a partner in Jewett Office Supply and a Medford business man for the past 18 years, will be installed as president of the Medford Lions club at the annual, in stallation banquet, Friday, June 27. at 7 cm. at the Rogue Valley Country club. wives of members will be 20,000 Persons Visit Las Vegas on Holiday Las Vegas, Nev. (TJPI) Tourists literally jammed this desert resort and gambling Mecca as the thfee-day Mem orial Day holiday got under way. Q The holiday crowd was es timated at more than 20,000 persons and many of them were having a hard time find ing a place to stay. The Chamber of Commerce appealed to private home owners to open their spare rooms to take care of the overflow. guests for the evening. Other officers of the club for the 1958-59 year are Nick Gier, first vice president; Joe Patella, second vicepresident; Lee Knox, secretary-treasurer; Al Dollarhide, Lion tamer; Herb Seitz, tail twister; and Robert Harland and Tom Es linger, directors. Clyde Webb and Vern Nusbaum are hold over directors. Jewett is a past vice presi dent and a past director of the Medford Lions club. He is also on the finance committee of St. Luke's Methodist church and a member of the camp committee for Rogue area, Girl Scouts of America. He makes his home at 6 South Groveland ave. The cluboelected officers at a meeting recently in the Jackson hotel. HEADS GROUP Glenn Mc Cullough will be installed July 1 as president of the Rogue Valley Association of Life Underwriters. Election was held last week at Rogue Valley Country club. BOOM LOWERED f Longview, Tex. (UPI) An employee went too far when he returned $120 he had stolen to a restaurant manager who had offered to forget the robbery for the re turn of the money. The man lost his job when he demand ed a receipt from Skyway Restaurant manager Larry Loper. "Did you leave me a receipt when you robbed me?" Loper asked. . 31 Seniors Will Graduate From St. Mary's School Commencement exerc i s e s for the graduating class at St. Mary's High school will be held Tuesday, June 3, at 8 p.m. in Sacred Heart Catho lic church. Baccalaureate serv ices were' held there this morning, followed by a break fast in honor of the graduates given by the faculty. Jacqualine Garrett, valedic- Siskiyou County Sets Graduation Dates Yreka A total of 286 stu dents will graduate from the high schools of the Siskiyou Union High School district in exercises the first week of June, according to Dr. Jere E. Hurley, district superin tendent. Butte Valley graduation will be Thursday, June 5; Fort Jones, Tuesday, June 3; Happy Camp and Weed, Wed nesday, June 4; McCloud and Yreka, THtirsday, June 5, and Mt. Shasta, Friday, June 6. HELP US! We N d Clothing, Shoes, Dishes, Furniture. We Pick Up. HELP OTHERS! O The Salvation Army SPring 3-7335 torian, and Katherine Metz, salutatorian, head the class of 31 seniors who will re ceive diplomas. Miss Garrett is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Garrett, route 3. Miss Metz is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Metz,: 112 Washington st. 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